The problem is simple: Debian moves their releases when they are old to http://archive.debian.org/ and that is where you need to point your debootstrap to.
debootstrap <...> lenny /root/lenny http://archive.debian.org/debian -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/977126 Title: debootstrap is unable to install debian lenny To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debootstrap/+bug/977126/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
